diff --git a/js/exporter.js b/js/exporter.js
index 6e881b7..403aa47 100644
--- a/js/exporter.js
+++ b/js/exporter.js
@@ -1,32 +1,71 @@
-import * as THREE from 'three';
-import { STLExporter } from 'three/addons/exporters/STLExporter.js';
-
-const exporter = new STLExporter();
-
 /**
- * Export a BufferGeometry as a binary STL file download.
+ * Fast binary STL exporter — writes directly from BufferGeometry arrays.
  *
- * @param {THREE.BufferGeometry} geometry
+ * Eliminates Three.js STLExporter overhead:
+ * - No Mesh/Material creation
+ * - No identity matrix multiplication per vertex
+ * - No redundant normal recomputation
+ * - Bulk Uint8Array.set() instead of per-float DataView calls
+ *
+ * @param {THREE.BufferGeometry} geometry  – non-indexed with position + normal
  * @param {string} [filename]
  */
 export function exportSTL(geometry, filename = 'textured.stl') {
-  // Geometry is already in the original Z-up orientation (the loader never rotates it;
-  // the viewer uses a Z-up camera instead). Export as-is so slicers receive the correct pose.
-  const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial());
-  const result = exporter.parse(mesh, { binary: true });
+  const posArr = geometry.attributes.position.array;
+  const norArr = geometry.attributes.normal
+    ? geometry.attributes.normal.array
+    : null;
+  const triCount = (posArr.length / 9) | 0;
 
-  // result is an ArrayBuffer in binary mode
-  const blob = new Blob([result], { type: 'application/octet-stream' });
+  // Binary STL: 80-byte header + 4-byte tri count + 50 bytes per triangle
+  const bufLen = 84 + 50 * triCount;
+  const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(bufLen);
+  const bytes  = new Uint8Array(buffer);
+  const view   = new DataView(buffer);
+
+  // Header: 80 bytes (already zero-filled)
+  view.setUint32(80, triCount, true);
+
+  // Reinterpret source arrays as raw bytes for bulk copy
+  const posSrc = new Uint8Array(posArr.buffer, posArr.byteOffset, posArr.byteLength);
+  const norSrc = norArr
+    ? new Uint8Array(norArr.buffer, norArr.byteOffset, norArr.byteLength)
+    : null;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < triCount; i++) {
+    const dst    = 84 + i * 50;
+    const srcOff = i * 36; // 9 floats * 4 bytes
+
+    if (norSrc) {
+      // Normal: copy first vertex normal (12 bytes) — flat shading, all 3 identical
+      bytes.set(norSrc.subarray(srcOff, srcOff + 12), dst);
+    } else {
+      // Compute face normal from cross product
+      const b = i * 9;
+      const ux = posArr[b+3]-posArr[b], uy = posArr[b+4]-posArr[b+1], uz = posArr[b+5]-posArr[b+2];
+      const vx = posArr[b+6]-posArr[b], vy = posArr[b+7]-posArr[b+1], vz = posArr[b+8]-posArr[b+2];
+      const nx = uy*vz-uz*vy, ny = uz*vx-ux*vz, nz = ux*vy-uy*vx;
+      const len = Math.sqrt(nx*nx + ny*ny + nz*nz) || 1;
+      view.setFloat32(dst,     nx/len, true);
+      view.setFloat32(dst + 4, ny/len, true);
+      view.setFloat32(dst + 8, nz/len, true);
+    }
+
+    // Vertices: 36 bytes (3 vertices * 3 floats * 4 bytes)
+    bytes.set(posSrc.subarray(srcOff, srcOff + 36), dst + 12);
+
+    // Attribute byte count: 0 (already zero-filled)
+  }
+
+  // Download
+  const blob = new Blob([buffer], { type: 'application/octet-stream' });
   const url  = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-
-  const a = document.createElement('a');
+  const a    = document.createElement('a');
   a.href     = url;
   a.download = filename;
   a.style.display = 'none';
   document.body.appendChild(a);
   a.click();
   document.body.removeChild(a);
-
-  // Revoke after a short delay so the download has time to start
   setTimeout(() => URL.revokeObjectURL(url), 10000);
 }